The Senate has postponed the screening of seven ministerial nominees, who are scheduled for Tuesday. Citing reasons for the postponement in a personally signed statement, Special Adviser to the President on Senate Matters, Senator Basheer Lado, said the postponement was to allow the nominees to conclude all aspects of documentation and pre-screening exercise. The statement, titled “Postponement of Ministerial Screening,” …

A ministerial nominee, Balarabe Abbas Lawal slumped on Wednesday  while being screened by the Senate, sparking frantic scenes in the Chamber. The nominee, who is from Kaduna State, had spoken for several minutes during his screening before falling to the floor with several lawmakers rushing to his aid. Lawal is one of the three new ministerial nominees being screened by …

The Civil Society Central Coordinating Council (CSCCC), on Wednesday, hailed the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, over exemplary leadership he displayed during the just-concluded screening of ministerial nominees sent to the parliament by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. On Monday, the Senate finally concluded the screening of 45 out of the 48 ministerial nominees, confirming them as Ministers-designate after …

The Senate has stayed action on the nomination of former Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai and two others, while confirming the other 45 on the list sent to the upper legislative chamber by President Bola Tinubu. El-Rufai, along with Stella Okotete (Delta State) and Sani Abubakar Danladi (Taraba State) are undoing security clearance. Although Senate President Godwill Akpabio did …

The Senate on Monday resolved to go into a closed session following the heated session during the ministerial screening of Barrister Festus Keyamo. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria, who served as a Minister of State in the last administration, was the last of 48 ministerial nominees of President Bola Tinubu. Keyamo had made his opening remarks to commence his screening …

One of the ministerial nominees, Mr. Bosun Tijani has apologised for his controversial tweet, which is widely believed to have disparaged Nigeria. He used the opportunity of his screening by the Senate on Saturday to explain the reason for the content. In the old post, the techpreneur tweeted that he did not appreciate the Nigerian passport and Nigeria as a nation. Many …

The lawmaker representing Kogi West district, Senator Sunday Karimi moved against former Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai during the ministerial screening on Tuesday. After el-Rufai’s presentations, Karimi announced that he had a petition written against the former governor over the issue of insecurity in Southern Kaduna. Waiving a brown envelope, Karimi said: “Mr. President, I have a petition written …